Re: A modern programming language for FreeBSD: Swift

On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tomek CEDRO <tomek_at_cedro.info> wote on
> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 01:29:37 UTC :
> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM Jordan Gordeev <jgopensource@proton.me> wrote:
> > > > The FreeBSD project can leap into the future by choosing a modern programming language to replace C, or continue living in the past, hoping that the rest of the world will do the same.
> > > > (..)
> > >
> > > If you want to resurrect a Swift port from the past to the future you
> > > are welcome:
> > >
> > > https://www.freshports.org/lang/swift/
> >
> > Update, I just saw Greg Wallace posted about official Swift 6.2
> > support on FreeBSD :-)
> >
> > https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/245/?time=1403
> >
> > Swift 6.2 now officially supports FreeBSD and WebAssembly (Wasm),
> > enabling you to build client and server applications for browsers and
> > other runtimes. The Wasm support, which started as a community
> > project, allows you to compile Swift code and run it in the browser,
> > as demonstrated by a 3D rendering app using WebGPU and JavaScriptKit.
> > Swift's safety, ease of use, and performance make it an attractive
> > choice throughout the software stack.
> >
> > So Swift is back again on FreeBSD :-) And its matter of choice not
> > replacement :-)
>
> [Do not take this as suggesting involvement in replacing C.]

Thanks Mark, looks like this was a troll post, but needs a response
:-) I have zero interest in Swift myself. just got allergic to this
kind of preaching "you should replace C with XYZ because
whatever_reason". This is marxism ("you must destroy to build"),
brings only destruction to whatever still works, wrecks years of hard
work,  brings no working alternative/fallback (look at Xorg too), and
should be dispraised right from start. If anyone wants XYZ based OS go
ahead make one, just leave working stuff alone, people should have a
choice :-)

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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info